 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854
...Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854
...Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...very high point of land. On your right comes up the Sheuandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 648 sider
...Virginia : — " The passage of the Potomac through the Blue ridge is one of the most stupendous scenes. You stand on a very high point of land ; on your right...the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent ; on your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | 1855 - 468 sider
...through the Blue Ridge. — JEFFERSON. THE passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge, is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, seeking a passage also.... | |
 | ELE BOWEN - 1855
...man than Jefferson. "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge— says he — is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent ; — on your left approaches the Potomac in quest of a passage... | |
 | John Disturnell - 1855 - 227 sider
...curiosity. Of it, Mr. Jeflereon says, " the passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, hsvinp; ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 552 sider
...BLUE RIDGE. FKOM TUE NOTES 0i VIR'iIMi. THE passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge, is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very hiuh point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain... | |
 | 1858
...of God's creative power and harmony. "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of a mountain, a hundred miles, to seek an outlet. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a... | |
 | William Prescott Smith - 1858 - 442 sider
...Jefferson pencilled his graphic description of the scene which there bursts upon the view. He said: "You stand on a very high point of land; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent ; on your left approaches the Potomac in quest... | |
 | 1858
...acknowledged to equal in grandeur anything on the Continent. "On your right," says Mr. Jefferson, " comes the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountains a hundred miles to seek a vent; on your leftapproaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they... | |
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The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to... 
